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Harry Huskey and late wife Nancy at the Sunshine Villa Winter Ball in Santa Cruz, CA Dec. 8, 2011 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Harry Douglas Huskey (born January 19, 1916) is an American computer designer pioneer. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Huskey was born in the Smoky Mountains region of North Carolina and grew up in Idaho. He ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ received his Bachelor's degree at the University of Idaho. He gained his Master's and then his ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ PhD in 1943 from the Ohio State University on Contributions to the Problem of Geocze. Huskey ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ taught mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania and then worked part-time on the early ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ENIAC computer in 1945. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ He visited the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the United Kingdom for a year and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ worked on the Pilot ACE computer with Alan Turing and others. He was also involved with the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ EDVAC and SEAC computer projects. ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Huskey designed and managed the construction of the Standards Western Automatic ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Computer (SWAC) at the National Bureau of Standards in Los Angeles (1949–1953). He also ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ designed the G15 computer for Bendix Aviation Corporation, which could perhaps be considered ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ [2] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ as the first "personal" computer in the world. ​ He had one at his home that is now in the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ After five years at the National Bureau of Standards, Huskey joined the faculty of the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ University of California, Berkeley in 1954 and then University of California, Santa Cruz from ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1966. While at Berkeley, he supervised the research of pioneering programming language ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ designer Niklaus Wirth, who gained his PhD in 1963. During 1963-1964 Prof. Huskey ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ participated in establishing the Computer Center at IIT Kanpur and convened a meeting there ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [3] ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ with many pioneers of computing technology. ​ Participants included Forman Acton of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Princeton University, Robert Archer of Case Institute of Technology, S. Barton of CDC, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ [4] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Australia, S. Beltran from the Centro de Calculo ​ in Mexico City, John Makepeace Bennett of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ the University of Sydney, Launor Carter of SDC - author of the subsequent Carter Report on ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [5] ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Computer Technology for Schools, ​ David Evans of UC Berkeley, Bruce Gilchrist of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ IBM-SBC, Clay Perry of UC San Diego, Sigeiti Moriguti of the University of Tokyo, Adriaan ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ van Wijngaarden of the Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam, Maurice Wilkes of Cambridge ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ University, and Gio Wiederhold, also of UC Berkeley. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Prof. Huskey is now Professor Emeritus at the University of California, after his retirement at ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ the age of 70 in 1986. In 1994 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Machinery. ​ Personal life ​ ​ Harry Huskey (left) at an outing to temples in Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ Huskey married Velma Roeth (died 1991) and had four children. In 1994, he married Nancy ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Grindstaff (died in 2016). He lives in Santa Cruz, California. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Huskey appeared with a junk dealer as the third pair of contestants in the 10 May 1950 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ episode of Groucho Marx's radio show You Bet Your Life. He was described as the designer of an ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ "electronic brain". They selected the "state category" and missed the final question when they ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ failed to identify Iowa as the state North of Missouri.[6] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Selected works ​ ​ • Huskey, H. D. Harry D. Huskey: His Story. BookSurge Publishing, 2004. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ • Huskey, H. D. The ACE Test Assembly, the Pilot ACE, the Big ACE, and the Bendix G15. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ In Copeland, B. J., Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine, chapter 13, pages 281–295. ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Oxford University Press, 2005. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ • Huskey, H. D. The state of the art in electronic digital computing in Britain and the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ United States (1947). In Copeland, B. J., Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine, chapter ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 23, pages 529–540. Oxford University Press, 2005. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ • (with Huskey, Velma R). Lady Lovelace and Charles Babbage. 1980 Annals of the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ History of Computing (Volume:2 , Issue: 4 ) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Awards In 2013, the Computer History Museum named him a Museum Fellow "for his seminal work ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ on early and important computing systems and a lifetime of service to computer education."[7] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ References[edit] ​ ​ 1 Harry D. Huskey 2013 Fellow ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2 "G-15 and Harry Huskey at the SWAC". Retrieved 2012-02-08. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3 "IIT CS". Retrieved 2012-02-08. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 4 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001564/156454eb.pdf 5 Launor Carter: Educational technology--computer-related and people-related, SDC ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Corporation, January 1, 1969 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 6 "You Bet Your Life | Old Time Radio". Retrieved Dec 31, 2013. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ CHM. "Harry D. Huskey — CHM Fellow Award Winner". Retrieved March 30, 2015.[1] ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Santa Cruz computer pioneer Harry ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Huskey visits MakersFactory on 99th ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ birthday

By Kara Guzman, Santa Cruz Sentinel ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 01/20/15

Makers Factory worker cuts birthday cake for computer pioneer Harry Huskey on his 99th ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ birthday Monday. Earlier in his career, Huskey worked with Alan Turing, the designer of the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ machine that broke the German code during World War II and the subject of the movie, The ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Imitation Game. (Dan Coyro -- Santa Cruz Sentinel) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

APTOS— Nearly 70 years after he helped design the first programmable computer in the ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ country, Harry Huskey said he has only recently begun reflecting on his work. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “We didn’t have time to think,” said Huskey, now a resident at Santa Cruz’s Sunshine Villa ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ retirement home, working on his autobiography. “We were just getting the current thing we were ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ working on done. It just gradually grew on me, I guess, from the minor beginnings.” ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ During World War II, Huskey worked on the top secret ENIAC project at the University of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Pennsylvania, designing a computer to calculate angles to fire artillery in specific weather ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ conditions. In the 1950s, he helped design another early computer in England, with the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ mathematician Alan Turing, who is featured in the film “The Imitation Game.” ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Now in a wheelchair, the UC Santa Cruz professor emeritus has slowed due to Parkinson’s, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ but is still passionate about technology’s frontiers. Monday, Huskey spent his 99th birthday ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ touring Cabrillo College’s MakersFactory, a 3-D learning company. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Surrounded by family, including his wife, Huskey witnessed a 3-D printer create a life-sized ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ plastic frog from a computer design. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “Something new in this world is what you saw. I think it represents a future in computing,” ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ said Huskey, who was presented with a miniature 3-D printed model of the Bendix G15 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ computer he designed in 1954, the world’s first personal computer. For decades, Huskey kept a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Bendix, which is the size of two refrigerators, in his Santa Cruz garage, before donating it to ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Washington’s Smithsonian Institution in 1988. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Dave Britton, MakersFactory president, said he was excited to have a visit from a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ revolutionary giant. Huskey created things completely new to the world, Britton said, and the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “Makers Movement” is part of that. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ To get to the next level, you stand on your predecessor’s shoulders, such as Huskey and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Turing, Britton said. Technology now allows the creation real-life objects from virtual designs, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and vice versa — scanning objects into computer data. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “You get a lot of arrows in your back if you’re doing something that’s never been done ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ before, but there’s no greater joy than accomplishing that and pushing the boundaries,” Britton ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ said. Linda Retterath, Huskey’s daughter who lives in Santa Clara, was one of several family ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ members who attended the celebration. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Her father was raised on an Idaho ranch and was the first in his family not only to attend ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ college, but also receive a doctorate. She has learned from her father that the key to success is ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ grit, she said. ​ ​ ​ ​ “I remember my dad saying, there were a lot of people that were smarter than him, but he ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ worked really hard,” Retterath said. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Huskey said turning failure to opportunity has been a common theme in his career. For ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ example, while in graduate school, he initially failed his doctorate exam, forcing him to retool ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and examine deeper research. His new topic was so well-received, it earned him a fellowship and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ his first job with ENIAC, he said. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “Having that jump in career building turned me onto more important things later on and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ probably would not have had the opportunity if I had easily passed that test,” Huskey said. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ As he moved between universities and labs in his 43-year career, Huskey said he’s watched a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ sea change in computing. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ “It’s such a fast moving field that you don’t have time to take your breath, so to speak,” he ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ said. Harry Huskey ​ ​ 1943: Earns doctorate in math from Ohio State University ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1945: Works on top-secret ENIAC project at University of Pennsylvania, designing the U.S.’s ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ first programmable computer. ​ ​ ​ ​ end articleparagraph1.pbo start articleparagraph1.pbo ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

1947: Begins work at England’s National Physical Laboratory, building a test computer with ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ famed mathematician Alan Turing. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1948: Begins designing and building the Standards Western Automatic Computer at the National ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Bureau of Standards in Los Angeles. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1954: Designs the Bendix G15, the world’s first personal computer, at UC Berkeley. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1963: Spends a year in India, bringing the country its first computer and teaching computing ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ courses. 1966: Joins faculty at UC Santa Cruz, where he established the UCSC Computer Center. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 1986: Huskey retires from UCSC at the age of 70. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 2013: Huskey honored for lifetime contribution by Mountain View’s Computer History ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Museum. For details: To read an oral history of Harry Huskey conducted by the Computer History ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Museum in 2006, visit www.ittybittyurl.com/U9j. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​